It's been about two weeks since Governor Bruce Rauner called for a drastic cut in the amount of income tax revenue municipalities receive from the state. While the negotiating process is just beginning, Rauner's proposal has Lake Forest and Lake Bluff officials wary and somewhat nervous.

Local sports

Wednesday's slate of conference championship games closed the door on league play for the 2014-15 boys basketball season. Now, attention can be turned to the postseason, or as the culture calls it, March Madness.

Lake Forest crime

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff police departments. Readers are reminded an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make that determination.

With one week to go before the results of the Feb. 24 Democratic primary are certified, Patrick Seger's hair-thin lead in the race for 2nd Ward alderman in Waukegan had grown from two to seven votes with the addition of late-arriving ballots by mail.